Asian Stocks to Fall as Debt Impasse Fuels Caution: Markets Wrap
Asian stocks were poised to decline Wednesday as negotiations over raising the US debt ceiling remained at an
2023-05-24 07:15
Walmart to pay California $500,000 in settlement over sale of brass knuckles
Walmart will pay half a million dollars in civil penalties to the state of California over allegations that it was selling and allowing third-party vendors to sell brass knuckles on its website
2023-05-24 06:56
Texas GOP Roiled as Paxton Demands Speaker Quit Over Inebriation
The Texas Legislature meets for just five months every other year to pass a budget and get through
2023-05-24 06:55
Target removes some LGBTQ merchandise from stores ahead of June Pride month after threats to workers
Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers
2023-05-24 06:47
Company that allegedly sent billions of robocalls sued by 49 attorneys general
On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 48 states and the District of Columbia sued Avid Telecom, alleging that the company is responsible for billions of illegal spam calls posing as government agencies and large corporations.
2023-05-24 06:19
A father and son will go to prison for a $20 million lottery scheme
A Massachusetts father and son were sentenced in federal court on Monday for a scheme that saw the pair illegally claim more than $20 million in lottery winnings and lie on their tax returns to dodge more than $6 million in federal taxes, prosecutors said.
2023-05-24 06:16
Covid Kills One Person Every Four Minutes as Vaccine Rates Fall
After more than three years, the global Covid emergency is officially over. Yet it’s still killing at least
2023-05-24 06:15
Marketmind: RBNZ to hike rates, U.S. default ticks closer
By Jamie McGeever A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. An expected interest
2023-05-24 05:59
Money laundering trial against former Panama President Martinelli and others begins
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli was among some 20 people who went to trial Tuesday on money laundering charges as he tries to mount a political comeback ahead of next year’s national elections
2023-05-24 05:49
Key Republicans Signal Debt-Deal Talks With Democrats at Impasse
Speaker Kevin McCarthy left the US Capitol late Tuesday afternoon saying the two sides had yet to reach
2023-05-24 05:48
Musk gadfly has a new jet to track - the one used by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, has a new target: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
2023-05-24 05:45
The debt ceiling is an awkward place to talk about spending
The debt ceiling snafu, which has the potential to wreck the US economy, is a civics lesson in the bizarrely inefficient way the American government spends your money.
2023-05-24 05:25